Summer Style Selections and #WIW for Father’s day!

My summer style selections for Father’s day work for any hot summer day. I wore a striped gauzy top, a tiered and pleated skirt in an eggshell silk, and a metallic straw bag. Dangling earrings caught the bright sun!

Summer Style Selections:

Gauze top By Lucky Brand, is here and on sale ! The strategic placement of the ruffle makes it so a bra is not required! My tiered silk skirt was a thrifted find, but similars are here and here from Bluefly. I also found my metallic straw bag with golden chain details at LVIS, but I like this and this as alternatives.

My sunnies are from Krewe, and you have seen them here and here. These are serious shades designed to protect my baby blues.

Fathers’ day was a real tribute to both my husband of 34 years, his father now nearing 90, and also to my brother in law who hosted us at his lovely country club in suburban New York. The pristine setting was a picturesque place to celebrate with lush green lawns and wonderful food and service. To whit, these photos below:

My sweet and brilliant sister-in-law, a well-renowned top doctor, and a department head in a prestigious hospital, took these shots. Her success and beauty has not gone to her head. She is so down to earth, and a wonderful mother to three adult women who are all beautiful and accomplished in their own right. In fact on Father’s Day, while we celebrated our men, I was most taken with the delightful, buoyant, and stunning women at the table. But I digress…

Standing in the sun I wear my summer style selections.

Yes, I am also wearing SPF and standing in the shade!

I love off the shoulder looks, see this post for why, but am not quite as enthusiastic about the more contrived one shoulder look. However, I do love when a top such as this, falls naturally off one shoulder. Readers, remember to choose light cotton, in gauze such as this, or cotton lawn in your summer style selections. Avoids synthetics in this heat!

I truly hope you enjoyed your Father’s Day! For me, it was a happy one, but I did experience mixed emotions, as my father and brother are no longer with me. But I dwell on the happiness and the beauty around me!

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What a fabulous time to enjoy the men in our lives, Elle!!
And I love that you are so positive about the people in your life along with your style!!
The shirt’s colors are really so pretty for the summer!
XOXO
Jodiehttp://www.jtouchofstyle.com

Dear Elle, another fabulous bag (like the heart shaped one in your previous blogpost) and a super stylish summerly outfit. Like you, I am not a huge fan of the one shoulder trend (or the off-shoulder one to be honest). An absolute no-go for me in the classroom and I’d love buying clothes that I can actually wear a lot. Love, Lieske

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mummabstylish

That’s a coincidence I wore a top today that falls slightly off the shoulder on one side – cute look eh? I bet you had a wonderful Father’s Day, you certainly look well dress for the occasion. I do hope you’ll stop by the #chicandstylish #linkup every Thursday. Jacqui Mummabstylish

It sounds like such a lovely way to spend father’s day and you looked perfectly ready for summer in your outfit. Your gold bag is such a cute addition to the stripes, and that looks like a really nice top.

Hope that you are having a great week so far! It’s really cold here but I’m enjoying layering up for winter 🙂 Very different from your light summer outfit!

A lovely outfit for a lovely day – what a gorgeous setting. I like how you have pictures of the goodies instead of eating them, ha ha! The top and skirt are perfect for a hot day – the half-tuck on the top is very nice for defining the waist without being too constricting.

Happy summer today, Elle! Sending you happy vibes from the other coast!

I agree with you on the contrived off the shoulder look –yours is so natural and compliments the rest of the carefree feeling of your photos. love that ruffle allows one to pick to go braless…strapless styles, which one would otherwise need because of the possible shoulder exposure, can be uncomfortable!

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Mile High Dreamers

I’m obsessed with off the shoulder looks right now too. I absolutely love your outlook on life and positivity. It can be easy to fall into negative and sad feelings but you choose to be happy. So glad you enjoyed your day!

Thanks so much! Still working on commented on your blogs, it is a wordpress issue, I think ! Other wordpress sites are fine, but sometimes my computer warms me that some sites are not secure! talk about paranoid!
lol.
xoxo, Elle